Toolholder for vacuum cleaners



'r. K. scoT I Aug. 1, 1944. I

' T OL HOLDER FOR VACUUM CLEANERS 1 Original Filed oct. 17. 1941 INVENTOR ATTORNEY Patented Aug. 1, 1944 UNITED STATES PATENT. OFFICE 'roomommn roa vacuum CLEANERS Thomas K. Scott, East Orange, J. Original application October 17, 1941, Serial no.

v 1942, Serial No. 447,287

1 Claim.

2 to form substantially vertical walls.

the vacuum cleaner casing within which tools may be deposited;

The nature of the invention will more clearly appear from the following description of an embodiment thereof, and its scope will be defined in the appended claim.

In the drawing, Fig. and Fig. 2 an end view of invention. 4

A vacuum cleaner casing 3|! enclosing the customary bag and motor has in its top half two hinged sections 3| what less than a quarter of the total circumference. Sections 3| and 32 are attached to the casing by hinges 33 and 34. hinged sections 3| and 32 lie flush with the upper half of the cylinder 30 and are held in place by means of screws passing through holes 35.

If it is desired to provide a holder for vacuum cleaner tools then the screws are removed and the sections 3| and 32 swung open into the positions indicated in full lines in both Figs. 1 and 1 is a perspective view the embodiment of the and 32 each forming some-- Divided and this application June 16,

Tools may be placed within the troughs formed by the walls 3|, 32 and the top half of the casing 3||. In order to provide maximum space for the tools, the casing 30 has longitudinal hollowed out portions 31, 31. The pockets formed at 31; 31

start at the front end of the casing, as shown in Fig. 2, but do not extend all the way to the rear part of the casing which is practically filled with the motor. Toggle arms 38 projecting from the ends of hinged sections ll, 32, prevent the tools from sliding out of the pockets.

' What I claim is:

In combination, a vacuum cleaner having a substantially cylindrical casing, two longitudinal sections on opposite sides of one-half of the casing, said sections being formed as separate elements overlying portions of the casing wall, and

being movable with respect thereto,-each section being aligned with a longitudinal pocket formed in the casing, a hinged connection be- Normally, these tween each section and the casing so that each section can be opened into a substantially upright position forming a trough, one side of which is constituted by a section andthe other by the wall of the aligned pocket, means for fastening said sections so that they will form substantially a continuous cylinder with said casing and cover said pockets, and arms attached to the ends of 3 the sections for propping them open and for conwithin the troughs constituted and the aligned pockets.

THOMAS K. SCOTT.

fining tools placed by the opened sections 

